Firuz Hidirovich Aituganov (Russian: Фируз Хидирович Айтуганов; Tajik: Фирӯз Ҳидирович Айтуғонов; born 1990) is a Tajikistani serial killer and rapist who raped and murdered four women in Yekaterinburg, Russia between March and July 2011.
After his would-be fifth and sixth victim survived, he was detained, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, which he is serving at the Polar Owl Colony.
Born in the Tajik SSR, he was described as a "loser" in his social life and academic achievements, failing in finding a girlfriend or completing his education.
[1] However, his lack of skills and inability to speak the language resulted in him being denied numerous jobs, with him eventually settling to work as a security guard at a parking lot.
Aituganov hid for a couple days, but then attacked again, unsuccessfully trying to rape another woman, who managed to fight him off, losing her cellphone in the process.